Episode 04: Incest, Art Funding, Switching

Topics Discussed:
Hypermobility-type Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Bob Flanagan and Sheree Rose
Marking submissives and lovers
How each of us combined porn with art
Skye's low opinion of Satanism
Solar Panels??
Links:
Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist (1997)
Louise Nevelson
Catherine Opie's photographs
-Self-Portrait/Pervert (1994)
-Self-Portrait/Nursing (2004)
Solar-powered offroad Maybach
The Films of Doris Wishman: The Twilight Years (with Carta's commentary track!)

Podcast Music
KING by ESPer 99
Ira Glass quote about art referenced by Skye:
“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.”

Wishlists:

• Skye needs a sponsor to pay for some custom equipment commissions and an international trip. Is this you? Contact them here!
• Carta needs someone to pay for some of the expenses incurred by setting up her own sites. Is this you? Send money through venmo, cashapp, or paypal! She also has a wishlist now!